In the last two decades, cochlear implant surgery has evolved into a minimally invasive,
hearing preservation surgical technique. The devices used during surgery have benefited …

Interventional robotic systems have been deployed with all existing imaging modalities in an
expansive portfolio of therapies and surgeries. Over the years, literature reviews have …

Objectives: Recent advancements in robotics have set forth a growing body of evidence for
the clinical application of the robotic cochlear implantation (RCI), with many potential …

Objective: To describe the first cochlear array insertions using a robot-assisted technique,
with different types of straight or precurved electrode arrays, compared with arrays manually …

Image-guided and robot-assisted surgeries have found their applications in skullbase
surgery. Technological improvements in terms of accuracy also opened new opportunities …

Objective: The insertion of the electrode array is a critical step in cochlear implantation.
Herein we comprehensively investigate the impact of the alignment angle and feed-forward …

Background Segmentation of important structures in temporal bone CT is the basis of image-
guided otologic surgery. Manual segmentation of temporal bone CT is time-consuming and …

Robotics in otology has been developing in many directions for more than two decades.
Current clinical trials focus on more accurate stapes surgery, minimally invasive access to …

Cochlear implants (CI) restore hearing of severely hearing-impaired patients. Although this
auditory prosthesis is widely considered to be very successful, structural cochlear trauma …

Objective Preoperative planning for otologic or neurotologic procedures often requires
manual segmentation of relevant structures, which can be tedious and time‐consuming …